Holy Family University Adjunct Faculty Quick Fact Guidebook

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Holy Family University (University) provides high-quality instruction and mentoring to all of its undergraduate and graduate students in both credit and non-credit programs. Adjuncts or part-time faculties within the various schools play an important role in helping the University fulfill its mission. As members of the faculty, adjuncts hold the right of academic freedom and have the obligation to behave responsibly, both personally and professionally.

adjunct faculty guide The purpose of the Adjunct Faculty Quick Fact Guidebook is not to duplicate important information readily available through other University sources and personnel, including program directors, department chairs and deans, but rather to highlight the basic information that adjuncts need to know about the University and their assignments and to provide user-friendly links to websites and web pages with important directives and policies.

The Adjunct Faculty Quick Fact Guidebook (Guidebook) is intended to jump-start the new adjunct’s introduction and orientation to the University. The Guidebook is intended for adjunct faculty and administrators supervising part-time faculty in the following four schools:

School of Arts and Sciences
School of Business Administration
School of Education
School of Nursing and Allied Health Professions

The Holy Family University Policy Manual Volume IX: Adjunct Faculty Personnel and Classroom and General Management Policies (July 2007) lists the major policies and procedures of the University and should be reviewed carefully by all newly appointed part-time faculty. This publication includes employment policies, classroom management and teaching tips for adjuncts, faculty evaluation procedures, grading, and examination preparation. Adjuncts teaching at the Newtown Campus should also refer to the publication, Holy Family University Policy Manual Volume IXA, Newtown Site Policies and Procedures (July 2007) for additional information.

On occasion, an adjunct teaching for one of the four schools may also have an opportunity to teach a course for the Division of Extended Learning at the Woodhaven facility. In this case, another important policy manual for review is Holy Family University Policy Manual Volume IXB, Division of Extended Learning: Facilitator Handbook: Undergraduate & Graduate Accelerated Program.

It is the responsibility of faculty to review and understand all the contents of the applicable University policy manuals. These policies are available for online review via the University Intranet by accessing the University homepage and then clicking Intranet. Next, click Policy Manuals and scroll down to Volume IX: Adjunct Faculty Personnel and Classroom and General Management Policies. The reader will note many other useful manuals and documents on this pull down menu which can all be accessed and reviewed.

Faculty may view these online policy manuals from assigned desktop computers, in computer laboratories, or in any campus library. Paper copies of the various University policy manuals are available in campus libraries, the Academic Affairs Office, Holy Family Hall Room 225, or in the Human Resources Department, Holy Family Hall 209.

Faculty members are highly encouraged to frequently check their University e-mail for important messages, announcements and directives, many of which should be shared with students.

This electronic Guidebook provides information about the mission and history of the University, academic responsibilities, working conditions and employment policies, campus academic resources and general services. For this purpose, the Guidebook is divided into five sections: Introduction, Mission and History, Getting Organized, Instructional Responsibilities and Services, and Regulations and Policies.

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